Stamboul from the Golden Horn |
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WHERE COMMERCE CLEAVES THE WATER AND RELIGION SPEARS THE SKY: From the Golden Horn, Stamboul (Istanbul) is never twice the same. Noonday and sunset paint with varying touches the tinted mass of buildings whose irregular outline shows against the springtime blue or the flaming evening sky. And always, scudding before the wind, panting forward with propeller, paddle-wheel, or oar, or slowly drifting in the tide, the boating of the city moves in devious ways. Click here to enlarge. (1922) |
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